Devices that have kodi installed with addons are illegal… Sales of devices that have pre-installed software for obtaining copyrighted content are illegal, according to today's ruling of the European Court of Justice. The decision was the result of a complaint from the anti-piracy BREIN to a store selling multimedia players with anti-piracy software (Kodi).
Note that in the last 12 months there has been a very large increase in sales of devices that have preinstalled software that facilitates streaming piracy. 
Of course, we talk about the various TVBoxes that come with pre-installed kodi and the addons that allow the streaming of pirated movies.
Usually running on Android and the Kodi platform with various third-party add-ons, the devices turn into absolute pirates tools since you can find the latest movies, TV shows and live sports.
Perhaps one of the hundreds of sites that participated in these sales was the Dutch Filmspeler.nl. The online store was the target of the BREIN Piracy Group. Filmspeler's owners believed their pre-set devices were legitimate, arguing that their sale was not a felony as defined by the EU Copyright Directive.
The case began in 2015 when a Dutch district court initially received a complaint and referred it to the EU Court of Justice. It was asked to consider whether it is illegal to sell a product (in this case a media player) with pre-installed plugins that contain links to websites that distribute copyrighted works, such as movies, TV shows and live broadcasts, without permission.
It should be mentioned that the owner of Filmspeler, Mr. Wullems, was advertising his devices that had Kodi pre-installed with add-ons that break the law. Filmspeler advertised the media players as ways to watch content for free.
That is, he did not even need a lawyer.
